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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Dialogue, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Third Dialogue, what topic does Eugenie broach that makes Dolmance scoff and chastise her?
(a) Conception.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Love.
(d) Marriage.

2. What does Madame's elderly husband force her to consume?
(a) Feces.
(b) Blood.
(c) Semen.
(d) Duck.

3. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?
(a) They are all pleasurable.
(b) They are all permitted in libertinage.
(c) They are all lawful.
(d) They are all found in nature.

4. In To the Libertines, what does Sade promise to all of those who follow his precepts?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Agony.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Damnation.

5. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?
(a) Sacrificing oneself to sensual pleasure.
(b) Making love to de Sade.
(c) Abandoning the shackles of family.
(d) Killing those below oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Eugenie's hair?

2. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?

3. When does Madame de Saint-Ange say a women must tell her husband she is taking lovers?

4. Which of the following is not a human activity prohibited by law that Dolmance does not dismiss as permissible?

5. According to Madame de Saint-Ange, what customary restriction does Dolmance make regarding his sexual partners?

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